Most Effective Ways to Prevent Teenage Substance Abuse
Posted on February 22, 2019
By Thaddeus Camlin, PsyD **The term 'substance abuse' was utilized for this article because that is the term people search for. While we would prefer the term 'substance use,' we also want people to be able to find our information on the internet** Teens and drugs go together like soap and suds. Nearly 80% of kids try alcohol before aging out of the teen years. Last month about a third of high school seniors in the US drank. Over 80% of teens are offered illegal substances, and over half accept. Teens experiment with drugs. Rather than entertain fantasy that somehow we can eliminate all teenage substance experimentation, it is important to look honestly into the most effective ways to prevent teenage substance abuse.
What Doesn't Work
To date, efforts to prevent teenage su...
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